The unnamed tropical storm of 1877
Aug 1, 1877 to Aug 5, 1877Peak 69 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1877 passed within 50 miles of 1 county in ME. It was strongest near Hyde County, NC, as a tropical storm on August 3, 1877.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1877
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 1
- ME
- Counties within 100 miles
- 8
- MA, ME, NC
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Washington County | ME | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | ME | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nantucket County | MA | 78.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Knox County | ME | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 92.7 | Tropical storm |
| Penobscot County | ME | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.